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IU is working with the county and state health departments to contact those who might have been in close contact with the students.

To prevent the spread of mumps, IU advises the campus and Bloomington community learn more about mumps.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms for the mumps include fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, loss of appetite, and swollen and tender salivary glands under the ears on one or both sides.

Mumps is spread from direct and indirect contact with an infected person's respiratory droplets, which can be transmitted by sneezing and coughing.

People with mumps can spread their infections for up to two days before and five days after the onset of symptoms.

Anyone with symptoms should stay home and avoid others to prevent the further spread of illness.

Mumps is caused by a virus.

Students with symptoms – even those who have received the MMR vaccine – should stay home and call the IU Health Center at 812-855-5002 during office hours of 812-330-3790.